Aptix Starts Second Calendar Year of Profitability

San Jose, CA--April 29, 1997--Aptix Corp. (San Jose, CA) closed the first quarter of 1997 with record revenues, marking six consecutive quarters and the beginning of a second calendar year of profitability for the company.

Aptix markets the System Explorer MP3 and MP4 products to companies throughout the world. The products' ability to provide complete system emulation at very fast speeds, combined with an open architecture that allows the user to select the best FPGAs for the particular application, and the capability of performing concurrent hardware/software co-design has led to the sale of hundreds of units.